How to Use trebuchet in a Sentence

trebuchet

noun
  • Launch jack-o'-lantern into ravine on one of 3 unique trebuchets.
    — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Watch pumpkins being dropped down the world’s largest plinko board and hurled through the air with a trebuchet.
    — Pomerado News, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The store sells plenty of kits to make things like robots, roller coasters and trebuchets.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Richard, a freshman who has a trebuchet for an arm, has just thrown his seventh touchdown pass.
    — John Walters, Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2014
  • His arms became a sort of trebuchet, flinging the ball 337 yards … over the bunker.
    — Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
  • But those swords are more like lightsabers, the knights ride hovercrafts instead of horses, and the walls are mounted with laser cannons rather than trebuchets.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 June 2023
  • Sometimes, instead of catapults or trebuchets, the attacking army would use miners.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019
  • Pumpkin patch, trebuchet pumpkin launching, hay wagon rides, 2 acre corn maze, hay mountain, farm animals, farm store.
    — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Google celebrated Garden Day in Germany with a fun game that lets players toss gnomes with a trebuchet.
    — Gina Martinez, Time, 12 June 2018
  • The reports included photos of the trebuchet but there was no confirmation on Friday that it had been deployed.
    — David M. Halbfinger, Iyad Abuheweila and Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The reports included photos of the trebuchet but there was no confirmation Friday that it had been deployed.
    — David M. Halbfinger, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • An unathletic, low-scoring wing with a trebuchet shot release will always be a bit of an oddity in the NBA.
    — Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Like the other trebuchets, Ludgar had been constructed purposefully in their view, and this machine was the most formidable of all.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
  • Pumpkins will be tossed by a large trebuchet and dropped down the world’s largest plinko board, sponsored by The Original Pancake House.
    — Pomerado News, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Use medieval trebuchets to fire pumpkins into the air while enjoying food, drink, music and family activities.
    — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Cortés did not bring trebuchets from Europe but had been persuaded to build them mid-siege by an eager soldier who supposedly had experience with them.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Typically, trebuchets of this size have a counterweight 100 times bigger than the projectile.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
  • During the serve, the arm and racket function like a trebuchet, and warriors figured out more than 1,000 years ago that a longer launch rope increases velocity.
    — Matthew Futterman, WSJ, 11 July 2017
  • The clank and ratchet of metal on metal and the thunk of a round being rammed into the breech all recalled the mechanics of ancient cannon and trebuchet, despite the advanced targeting hardware.
    — Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The use of trebuchets and other catapults began to dwindle after the invention of modern gunpowder artillery in the 15th century.
    — Benjamin Brown, CNN, 14 June 2024
  • The last major use of trebuchets (catapult-like weapons) happened when Hernán Cortés attacked the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán in 1521.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Israeli news outlets reported that Palestinians had built an ancient war machine — a trebuchet, or slingshot-like catapult — to hurl heavy stones or even burning tires at the Israeli side.
    — David M. Halbfinger, Iyad Abuheweila and Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Shahpour Pouyan’s ‘Incarnation of the Body Politic’ contains elements of a trebuchet and a guillotine but lacks the ropes and pulleys needed to function.
    — Kelly Crow, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Awards will be presented in all four categories – trebuchet, catapult, slight shot and human toss – for farthest distance, most decorative device, most team spirit and accuracy for the competitors hitting any of the 12 random targets in the field.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The Golden Knights' playoff pregame shows have been a celebration of Vegas showmanship, and their first Final game started with an extravaganza that included archers, a trebuchet and a spectacular light show.
    — Fox News, 29 May 2018
  • With the proof of concept demonstrated, Stanton began to scale up his setup, replacing the 88-pound (40 kg) weight as a bob and adding precision bearings and powerful magnets to a frame that resembled a trebuchet’s triangular frame.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The Golden Knights’ playoff pregame shows have been a celebration of Vegas showmanship, and their first Final game started with an extravaganza including archers, a trebuchet, and a spectacular light show.
    — Greg Beacham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2018
  • Popular across Europe between roughly 1350 and 1600, the ballistics could be fired from not only mechanical catapults and trebuchets, but explosive cannons.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026

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